Texas among the best places to spot Bigfoot, according to...

1of20Big Foot collectables adorn Lyle Blackburn's home Saturday, May 27, 2017, in Fort Worth, Texas.
>>>Click through the slideshow above to see where you might be able to catch a glimpse of BigfootPhoto: Godofredo A. Vasquez, Staff

2of208. Texas

Sightings: 806

"One of the most horrifying encounters comes from a hunter in Panola County. The witness claims that while he was hog hunting, he watched a sasquatch leap out of the woods, grabbing one of the hogs. The report states that the Bigfoot began making loud whooping noises, which were met with more howls from somewhere off in the distance." (Travel Channel)Photo: BEAUMONT / BEAUMONT

3of207. Oregon

Sightings: 1,009

"One of the most convincing accounts from Oregon comes from a psychiatrist who was vacationing with his family at Oregon Caves National Monument. As they left the caves, they began hearing strange howls coming from the forest, and soon after, watched a sasquatch running through the trees." (travel Channel)Photo: Rick Bowmer, STF

4of206. Ohio

Sightings: 1,042

"Numerous accounts have been reported of what locals call 'the grassman' - a large ape-like creature that has been seen roaming the hills and forests of Ohio’s Appalachian plateau." (Travel Channel)Photo: bgv23, Flickr Commons

5of205. New York

Sightings: 1,068

"It all began one night in 1976 on rural Abair Road. A few teenagers saw a giant hairy creature that they claim charged towards them. They ran back to town to get help from police officers, who upon investigation, also saw the creature." (Travel Channel)Photo: Posnov/Getty Images

6of204. Michigan
Sightings: 1,131
The Twitter account declared Bigfoot may have been spotted in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. After some investigation, the creature in question was revealed to be a bear.
Photo via TwitterPhoto: Cryptosightings

7of203. PennsylvaniaSightings: 1,340

"Not surprisingly, the Appalachian range has a high number of Bigfoot sightings. With hundreds of miles of connected forestlands, it’s a prime space for a large animal to go undetected." (Travel Channel) Photo: ALAN SOLOMON, KRT

8of202. California
Sightings: 1,697
Photographers Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin made this image Oct. 20, 1967, purportedly showing a female Bigfoot in northern California. The image is often dismissed as a man in a monkey suit.

9of201. Washington
Sightings: 2,032
Jeffrey Meldrum displays what he describes as a casting of a footprint from a Bigfoot creature, taken in the Blue Mountains of eastern Washington, in his laboratory at Idaho State University in Pocatello in a Sept. 19, 2006, file photo. Meldrum holds a Ph.D. in anatomical sciences and is a tenured professor of anatomy at the school, and also one of the world's foremost expert on Bigfoot, the mythical smelly ape-man of the Northwest woods.Photo: JESSE HARLAN ALDERMAN

10of20Some believers have long claimed that Bigfoot haunts the piney woods of East Texas.>>>Keep going for the things you need to know about one of Texas most famous mythical creatures. Photo: Grambo Grambo, Getti Images

11of20HotspotEast Texas boasts a Bigfoot-sighting hotspot, just north of Houston in the Sam Houston National Forest.Photo: BRIAN VANDER BRUG

12of20Suburban monsterAccording to the Bigfoot Field Research Organization, Montgomery County is a hotbed of cryptid activity, with at least 16 sightings reported.

13of20TracksLast year, a pair of Bigfoot hunters in Bee County said the spotted a creepy creature in the Beeville area. One of the men even snapped a picture of a possible Bigfoot track, shown above.Photo: Baldemar Galvan

15of20It comes at night...A lot of hunters believe Bigfoot is primarily nocturnal, but there have been enough daytime sightings to spark some controversy in the cryptid-tracking world. Of course, some sightings are just statues, like this one in California.Photo: RICH PEDRONCELLI, .

16of20Catching footageModern-day Bigfoot hunters sometimes deck out their cars with dashcams and lights to catch footage of the mystery non-man. One Bigfoot-seeking couple from Baytown even ordered a Bigfoot license plate to make their intentions clear.Photo: Keri Blakinger

17of20EvidenceAnother favorite method of evidence collection is making molds of Bigfoot tracks. Lyle Blackburn, a Bigfoot hunter in the Fort Worth area, shows off some of his collection.Photo: Keri Blakinger

18of20The soundAudio recorders are another staple of Bigfoot hunting. Even if the big guy doesn’t show his face, sometimes recorded howls offer a hint of unsolved mystery.Photo: Keri Blakinger

20of20Hunters and gatheringsIf you’re super-duper into finding the big guy, there are Bigfoot conferences, including next year’s Southeast Texas Bigfoot Conference on April 21 at the Walker County Fairgrounds and this year’s Texas Bigfoot Conference in Jefferson in October.

Bigfoot walks among us here in Texas. Or at least that's what researchers tracking the elusive beast would have us believe.

Recently, Travel Channel published a list of the eight best places to catch a glimpse of Bigfoot using "never-before-released data" from the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO).